› added 8 years ago

485

TIL : Movies use to account for cocaine in their budget.

Read more hollywoodreporter.com

via ift.tt

xyOg TIL that only around 35% of Americans have passports. The figure is an all-time high.
neVlP TIL about Luke "Milky" Moore. He abused a bank error to overdraft $1.5million and spent it on cars, drugs, and sex before he was caught and sent to jail. He successfully argued his own case and was released without having to pay any of it back.
9Ye86 TIL the moment Gerald Ford was sworn in, Nixon was on Air Force One flying home. Because he was no longer President, the airplane's call sign was changed mid-flight from Air Force One to SAM 27000.
4WpJ TIL that The Roots were nearly fired from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for playing “Lyin’ Ass Bitch” as Michele Bachmanns intro song. As a result, all walk on songs now need to be cleared with NBC.
rNJkw TIL that by the third and fourth centuries most Roman citizens had entirely abandoned using parental given names (praenomen). Instead, they used clan names (nomen) or nicknames (cognomen)